Joint Mathematics Meetings MAA Invited Paper Session

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Joint Mathematics Meetings
Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Marriott Atlanta Marquis, Atlanta, GA
January 4-7, 2017 (Wednesday - Saturday)
Meeting #1125

Associate secretaries:

Brian D Boe, AMS brian@math.uga.edu
Gerard A Venema, MAA venema@calvin.edu

MAA Invited Paper Session on Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist

• Wednesday January 4, 2017, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist, I
  A602, Atrium Level, Marriott Marquis
  Organizers:
  Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Technology margalit@math.gatech.edu
  Matthew Clay, University of Arkansas
  

  • 9:00 a.m.
    Ping-Pong for Free Groups.
    Johanna Mangahas*, University at Buffalo
    (1125-AE-2099)
  • 9:30 a.m.
    TALK CANCELLED: The Ends of a Group.
    Nic Koban*, University of Maine Farmington
    John Meier, Lafayette College
    (1125-AE-1165)
  • 10:00 a.m.
    Finite generation and subgroups of infinite index.
    John Meier*, Lafayette College
    (1125-AE-491)
  • 10:30 a.m.
    Asymptotic dimension of groups.
    Greg Bell*, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
    (1125-AE-831)
• Wednesday January 4, 2017, 2:15 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
  MAA Invited Paper Session on Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist, II
  A602, Atrium Level, Marriott Marquis
  Organizers:
  Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Technology margalit@math.gatech.edu
  Matthew Clay, University of Arkansas
  

  • 2:15 p.m.
    Pitching Coxeter Groups to a Curious Undergraduate.
    Adam Piggott*, Bucknell University
    (1125-AE-424)
  • 2:45 p.m.
    Growth in Groups.
    Eric M Freden*, Southern Utah University
    (1125-AE-81)
  • 3:15 p.m.
    An exploration of right-angled Artin groups.
    Robert W Bell*, Michigan State University
    (1125-AE-2346)
  • 3:45 p.m.
    Mapping class groups: a pictorial introduction.
    Leah Childers*, Pittsburg State University
    Tara Brendle, University of Glasgow
    Dan Margalit, Georgia Institute of Technology
    (1125-AE-689)
  • 4:15 p.m.
    An Introduction to Lamplighter Groups.
    Jennifer Taback*, Bowdoin College
    (1125-AE-991)